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Rant: I really hate the overuse of “breaking” in titles like this. Its use here (and on podcasts in general) is a clear indication that the writer/blogger has no idea what it means and why one should use it.
“Breaking” news is time sensitive news where significant details are likely to change in the near term. Ongoing attempts to rescue trapped miners is breaking news. An opinion piece about a proposed peace deal (where one of the participants isn’t even included) is not.
Think back to the pre-internet days when US news came largely from one of 3 major TV networks. They would break into regular programming to report on things like the shooting of a president, the death of the Pope, etc. If the news didn’t rise to that sort of incident then they’d gladly wait until their regularly evening news.
breaking is absolutely dead as a term, just like strongly worded letters are now recognised as meaningless